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This study uses an interdisciplinary approach towards the surviving manuscript copies of Giles of Rome's De regimine principum to show how people of the later Middle Ages read the text and appropriated it for both lay and clerical purposes.

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"...his masterful account of the later medieval history of the text does a compelling job of clearing much of the historical obscurity away from such an important and underappreciated text." Albion
"Its rich detail and different lines of inquiry allow the book to achieve an optimum of both information and analysis." Speculum

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1. Giles of Rome and De regimine principum; 2. Books, contents, uses; 3. A book of kings and knighthood; 4. From Latin into English; 5. A university textbook; 6. Improving access and removing the chaff; Conclusion

Giles of Romes de Regimine Principum

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 12/18/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521103442, 978-0521103442
      ISBN10: 0521103444
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study uses an interdisciplinary approach towards the surviving manuscript copies of Giles of Rome's De regimine principum to show how people of the later Middle Ages read the text and appropriated it for both lay and clerical purposes.

      Trade Review
      "...his masterful account of the later medieval history of the text does a compelling job of clearing much of the historical obscurity away from such an important and underappreciated text." Albion
      "Its rich detail and different lines of inquiry allow the book to achieve an optimum of both information and analysis." Speculum

      Table of Contents
      1. Giles of Rome and De regimine principum; 2. Books, contents, uses; 3. A book of kings and knighthood; 4. From Latin into English; 5. A university textbook; 6. Improving access and removing the chaff; Conclusion

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